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Mccarthy, tom int, isbn 162040169x, isbn 9781620401699, brand new, free shipping in the us a mysterious woman who suffers from mental illness suddenly appears at a vacation villa where two families are staying and her interactions with them reveal secret details about their past and tensions within their relationships with each other. In this book, the wildness and the danger are all the more powerful for resting just beneath the surface. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 165 pages and is available in paperback format. Swimming home represents a new direction for a major writer.
Swimming home audiobook by deborah levy, tom mccarthy. Deborah levy is a british novelist, short story writer, playwright and poet, whose proficiency across multiple literary forms marks her out as one of the great contemporary literary figures. Swimming home deborah levy, 2011 bloomsbury usa 176 pp. A pond in the shape of a rectangle, carved from stone by a family of italian stonecutters living in antibes. Swimming home book by deborah levy 5 available editions. Deborah levys new book swimming home is constructed like a play with a central stage and a cast of characters, and it unfolds like a drama in hot short vignettes but it reads like a.
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Deborah levy on starting again at 50 at 50, two decades of stable family life fell apart. Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of levy s wry, accomplished novel. Author deborah levy trained at dartington college of arts before becoming a playwright. Her novel swimming home was shortlisted for the 2012 man booker prize, 2012 specsavers. Deborah levy frsl born 6 august 1959 is a british novelist, playwright and poet. In this extract from her memoir, the novelist recalls finding strength in the chaos and a new voice. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pdf swimming home book by deborah levy free download. The swimming pool in the grounds of the tourist villa was more like a pond than the languid blue pools in holiday brochures.
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